Clasp for lingerie, hair, and like purposes



g 1932- G. A. LAUGHTON, 1,870,014

CLASP FOR LINGERIE, HAIR, AND LIKE PURPOSES Filed Jan. 17, 1951 V fizz/071 5 1" 6&0; eage 615 /216 Z/MQ/ by k Patented Aug.. 2, 1932 1 UNHTE STATES: PATENT QFFICE GEORGE ABE LAUGHTON, F BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND CLASP FOR LINGERIE, HAIR, AND LIKE PURPOSES Application filed. January 17, 1931, Serial No. 509,317, and in Great Britain April 28, 1930.

Ihis invention relates to a new and imround to form an eye (Z in which is pivoted proved clasp which is primarily intended for a flattened wire loop or latch e. The free end clasping lingerie ribbons but is also adapted of the limb b is transversely curved toa for use as a hair clasp or curler and for simchannel section as shown at f so that when the 3 ila-r purposes. clasp is closed it lies closely against the up- A lingerie clasp has to be designed to hold per surface of the eye cl and the loop 6 is i a varying number of ribbons or straps and it then swung over to engage the part and is a diflicult matter to design a clasp which hold the clasp closed as shown in Figure 2. will hold the ribbons tightly and is yet easy To open the clasp the loop 6 is swung over out- 0 to fasten and release without being unduly wardly to release the part f and the limbs 60 expensive to produce. then spring apart as shown in Figure 3 so The Ol)]Cl3 of my invention is to provide that ribbons or the like can be lnserted. a clasp which is extremely simple and eco- As this opening operation only involves nomical t0 produce in any ClQSiIBCl size, Will a swinging movement of the loop no effort is 1' hold firmly v ribbOnS Other material required and there is no risk of breaking or placed in it, and can be rapidly closed or damaging the finger-nails. 1 rel-eased without risk Of breaking OI damag- For use. as a, hair lasp 1- curler the ing the finger-nails. 4 may be made longer in proportion to their A Clasp according to y inventlon COIlSlStS width than in the clasp illustrated but the 38 Of a resilient strip Of metal 01 other suitable onstruction therwise, is the 531119, 70

material doubled upon itself and having at I l i one free extremity a pivoted latch or loop A la of the kind described comprising a adapted to be swung over to engage h i lresilient strip doubled upon itself to form two free end to the clasp closed. The latch cooperating li nbg which are yielding and or loop is conveniently formed by a flatten normally divergent, the free ends of both wire or like loop pivoted in an ey formed limbs being curved toward each other, the by curling over one free extremity of t free end of one of the limbs being curled upon p and the other free extremlty 1S COIWQH' said limb to form a fixed eye, with the back iently curved toa channel section to fit closely f th eye l i i th Same plane ith the go i t th eye when the clasp ls closed; rest of the limb, the free end of the other A practlcal o m o ling clasp 1T1 5 portion being bent on an are extending above cordance with my inventionis illustrated 1n th b d ti f it li b d ith th d the a p y g 1n Whlch being so curved that its bottom surface con- Flgilre 1S a P of the clasp Closed upon forms to and is adapted to engage upon the r llngffile f eye of the other limb when the limbs are Flgure 2 1S a Side elevatlon of the Clasp pressed together, and when so pressed tof lgether are immovable relatively along a lon- Flgufe 3 1S slde elevatlon of the clasp gitudinal axis, the curved end of the second p n limb being concentric with the eye portion of figure 3 P of the a p P the first limb, and a loop concentrically Flgum 5 IS an end elevation of the Clasp mounted within the eye and adapted to be p swung over to engage behind the curved pord p luusllrated from a StrlP tion of the second limb, when said curved W of resilient sheet metal which is doubled upon ti i pressed into position upon said eye. Itself to 101111 t-YVO Complementary lln lbs a b, In testimony whereof I affix lny ignature the junction of the limbs being a curve of GEORGE ABE LAUGHTON.

small radius as shown at c to avoid risk of fracture at that point and to assist the natural resilience of the metal in separating the I limbs. The free end of the limb a is curled 100 

